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December 22, 2002, Sunday

To the Editor: Re ''An Idea Gone Haywire: Linking Executive Pay to Sales'' (Market Watch, July 14), in which Gretchen Morgenson described the potential problems of pay packages tied to company revenue:

July 28, 2002, Sunday

To the Editor: I take exception to the view that exhibitors cannot afford the $125,000 per theater required for digital projectors because of capital shortages. Precisely because of overcapacity in exhibition, they cannot afford not to convert to...

December 10, 2000, Sunday

To the Editor: Re ''Revenge of the Bean Counters'' (front page, June 13), which looked at how cost-conscious Hollywood studios are regaining control of film production, at the expense of stars and their agents. Much of the new strategy, as...

July 11, 1999, Sunday

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. . . . whateverrrrrrr! Shakespeare has always enjoyed at least modest popularity in Hollywood, with one movie studio or another taking a crack at his plays in the form of faithful revivals or loose...

To the Editor: By comparing our tax policy on gains from savings and investment unfavorably to those of many other economies, S. Abraham Ravid (letter, Feb. 15) overstates any potential advantages to reducing the tax rate on capital gains.

February 18, 1999, Thursday

To the Editor: Paul D. Coverdell and Robert G. Torricelli are right (''To Build Savings, Cut Taxes,'' Op-Ed, Feb. 8). In fact, if we compare our tax system to most other countries', the incentives it provides are to spend as much as possible and...

February 15, 1998, Sunday

To the Editor: I was surprised to read ''Stop the Ticket Scalpers'' (editorial, May 29). I find it ironic that a government like New York State that is debating whether or not rents should be regulated and that as a matter of policy does not...

June 4, 1997, Wednesday

To the Editor: ''Capital Gains Change Could Be a Bonanza for Homeowners'' (Spending It, Sept. 22) discussed current tax laws regarding home sales and possible reform. But one important part of the discussion should be inflation, the main culprit...